"What's going on?"

Zhao Shiguo saw that the face of the platoon leader was ugly, and hurriedly asked about the situation.

"After the second and third platoons went out, there was no movement and there was no trace." The platoon commander was a little angry: "More than 20 people turned out to be deserters." ”

This kind of escape on the battlefield is not uncommon, but it is the first time I have seen so many people flee at one time.

Zhao Shiguo listened to it and felt a little incredulous.

Two squads of soldiers ran away at once, and when he was still a platoon commander before, there were only a few people who escaped.

"This matter is unobtrusive, it is easy to shake the morale of the army, and the most important thing is the attack of the Japanese army at the moment." The platoon commander sank his heart, his eyes were a little ruthless, "After the battle is over, I will go to the company commander to report this matter, I can't just forget it." ”

"Good!" The squad leader's heart sank, but he still said it.

Two squads of soldiers became deserters, and the nature of this incident can be said to be very bad.

The platoon commander thanked Zhao Shiguo again, and then said: "Brother Zhao, our mission is not over yet, but the soldiers of the two squads have deserted, and we have no time to attack the Japanese position, so you can help us defend the forward position of the Japanese army, I estimate that the Japanese army will not give up." ”

"Good!"

There were three routes to attack Qiao's house, and the platoon leader controlled only the front of one of the routes, and the position was near the west, which was exactly what Xia Yuan and they encountered when they came from the west.

Xia Yuan's goal is the midline position of Qiao's house, which is the location of Qiao's house.

There are a lot of rich people in Luodian, and the house built can be said to be quite extravagant, the interior decoration is all old objects, the yard is very large, and the house is also very magnificent. Most of the houses in the Songhu Battlefield were inspired by the houses in the Shanghai Concession, and some of the houses were built very high, resembling small western-style buildings.

Qiao's house occupied by the Japanese army is like this.

The closer to the area of Qiao's house, the more luxurious and extravagant the houses were built, and there were obviously more two-story houses, but many houses were blown up by bombers and collapsed, showing half of the collapse, the bricks and tiles of the houses were broken, the wood was debris everywhere, the fractures were broken, and those that became ruins became the scum of the ruins.

Xiaoliu groped in the ruins, stumbled, couldn't see what was under his feet, and often tripped over the wood under his feet and fell to the ground, and there were few corpses in the ruins, such ruins were not conducive to building fortifications, and on the other side was a dangerous building, and the shock caused by the explosion would cause a secondary collapse at any time.

The scholar stared around, cautiously following Xia Yuan, but he would encounter a corpse lying horizontally, but there were not many of them.

On the way to the front line, they encountered a large number of refugees who had fled, and most of them had fled from the Songhu battlefield, and most of them had taken refuge in Shanghai, and those who were far away from Shanghai had fled after receiving the news when the war broke out.

They came all the way, and they only met the corpses of some old people, the corpses of children, and the second is the corpse of the soldiers of the national army, at present, the national army has invested tens of thousands of troops in Luodian, and the battle has been fought in the past few days, and it is almost the beginning of September, and the battle in Luodian has been deadlocked.

In addition to the support of Yudi, there are also armies from various provinces and warlords rushing to Shanghai, and the number of troops invested by the national army alone has reached one million, and the Japanese army has also reached 300,000.

For the time being, at the beginning of the campaign, the strength of the Japanese army fighting in the Shanghai area was above and equal to two divisions, and the Japanese army had the arrogance of attempting to annihilate China within three months, and several divisions were still on the way to support.

The campaign has begun to expand, and if the Japanese offensive cannot achieve the expected results, it will continue to invest more troops. The resistance of the Nationalist army is progressing slowly, and it is losing ground one after another, and it will also continue to invest more troops.

It's almost September, and there is not a trace of coolness, and when it rains, the weather becomes even more dreary.

Last night's rainstorm had just passed, and the ground was still muddy, and the mud in the ruins was wet.

The process of groping forward is extremely thrilling, the cunning Japanese army has planted a lot of dark posts in the ruins to observe the enemy's situation, but fortunately, it is almost impossible to reach out when it is dark, even if there is a flickering fire, but from a long distance, the flickering firelight is blocked by the ruins along the way, spreading to their side, and the flickering light has become a glimmer of light in the sky.

Xia Yuan led the three of them to grope along the ruins, cautious and cautious, the flickering artillery fire provided them with a illuminated path, and with the help of the ruins as cover, it was difficult for the Japanese outposts to find them.

Xia Yuan, who has night vision, makes the whole world like day.

The sound of guns and artillery continued, and the battle of Luodian was almost half a night, and there was no tendency to stop, but it intensified, in order to counterattack Luodian, the national army invested a large number of troops to press the Japanese front line.

The battle in Qiaojiazhen stopped and began, the gunfire was intermittent, and the attacking national army troops were already overwhelmed.

When approaching the long street in the middle, Xia Yuan swept the direction of the long street, and there were corpses of national soldiers everywhere, and explosive bags fell to the ground, "The attacking national army failed to operate, and many people died." ”

"The little Japanese devil is not moving, our people should not be dead, right?" Lao Lei put the butt of the gun against the ground, looked at the position of the little Japanese devil in a half-squatting position, and did not hear a trace of movement for a long time.

"I didn't see our people, platoon commander, could it be that they are all dead? Or have they already retreated, and we're too late. The scholar's eyes widened, trying to see more clearly, but at a glance, the hazy light of the fire flickered incessantly, and it was not clear when he got closer.

"No one in sight." Xia Yuan said, staring at the position of the Japanese devils, his eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes were focused, and through the empty machine gun holes, he could see the shaking figure of the Japanese devils.

His gaze scanned back and forth over the buildings to the north of the street.

"Three machine gun muzzles, the houses on both sides are occupied by the Japanese army, this is Qiao's house, and it is the most heavily defended place by the Japanese army."

Xia Yuan moved his body cautiously, "Let's go back, it's just past the early hours of the morning, and the battle won't end so early." ”

His inference was correct, the reinforcement company's attack on Qiao's house failed, and a platoon that mainly attacked Qiao's house position suffered heavy casualties, leaving only three people, unable to continue the battle, and could only withdraw from the battlefield.

The task of reinforcing the company was replaced by the third company, and the attack on Qiao's house continued.

Just when Xia Yuan retreated with a few people, he collided head-on with the second platoon of the third company and the scouts sent by the third platoon who came over, Xia Yuan was the first to discover the other party, they hid in the thick darkness of the ruins, this scout held a gun, carefully groped in the ruins, and happened to pass by them.

Xia Yuan reacted very quickly, grabbed a stone and smashed it over: "Brother, come here, we are our own people." ”

Xia Yuan reacted very quickly, grabbed a stone and smashed it over: "Brother, come here, we are our own people." ”

The stone was not big, and it smashed accurately on the scout's steel helmet, and there was a clanging sound, which startled the soldier, and he looked around vigilantly with a gun, if it wasn't for Xia Yuan to speak, it was estimated that the soldier would be scared half to death.

"Rite Niang's grandmother has a leg, are you ghosts? Hiding here, without saying a word, scared me to death. The scout ran over and saw that it was his own, and sat on the ground, holding his pounding heart, and cursing incessantly.

"Are you reinforced? What are you still doing here, the others have already retreated. ”

"Withdrawn? No way, when we came over, we saw our men on the Japanese devil's defense line in the west. The scholar said.

"I don't know over there, I'm talking about this side, when we came over, your troops were almost withdrawn, and we took over your mission."

The scout waved his hand: "I don't make sense with you, I have to go ahead and see what the Japanese devils are doing." ”

He was just about to get up, when he suddenly remembered that the group of people in front of him had withdrawn from the front, so he asked, "How is the situation of the Japanese devils?" ”

"Three machine gun fire, the houses on both sides are occupied by the Japanese devils, the formation of a cross-fire network, can look at the whole street, if you fight hard, even one more is not enough for the Japanese devils to fight."

Xia Yuan patted the scholar beside him and said, "But we have a way to break through the firepower of the Japanese devils, we have captured the grenadiers of the Japanese devils, and ten shells are enough to completely shred the firepower of the little Japanese devils." ”

The scout's eyes were slightly condensed, and he looked at the four people in front of him, only to realize that all the weapons and equipment on the four of them were Japanese-style weapons and equipment, and even the marching water bottle was made by Japanese devils.

After thinking about it, the scout nodded, "I'll go and tell our company commander about your situation." ”

This scout came and went in a hurry, and when he came back, he brought a team of people, led by a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a hint of majesty on his face, and his face was not transparent, this person was Lu Jingguang, the commander of the third company.

"Are you reinforced? But as far as I know, all the people of the reinforced company on the second offensive line have been withdrawn, who are you all !? ”

Lu Jingguang had a hint of majesty on his face, and looked at Xia Yuan and his party.

"We came from the west, I don't know if the company commander heard Company Commander Chen mention the reinforcements of the 401st Regiment?" Xia Yuan's gaze swept over the thick-eyed and big-eyed company commander in front of him, as well as the soldiers behind him.

"Four-zero-one? Ever heard, are you Xia Yuan? Lu Jingguang's eyes moved slightly, as if he remembered something, and said: "Deputy Company Commander Wan told me that if you go to the battlefield, it is best to get in touch with you, and he said that your marksmanship is very powerful, and you can knock out the machine gun fire points of the Japanese devils from a long distance." ”

"It's me."

"If that's the case, it's great, according to the situation of the Japanese army explained by the soldiers who withdrew from the front line, the Japanese devils have a lot of firepower points in Qiao's house, they knocked out one, and there are still three firepower points, forming a crossfire, I hope that in the next battle, Brother Xia can help me."

Lu Jingguang spoke for a moment and said, "My name is Lu Jingguang, just call me Brother Lu." ”

Lu Jingguang's words, coupled with his sincere expression, Xia Yuan was in a good mood when he heard it, so he nodded and said, "Naturally, I like to make friends with people like you." ”

"Brother Xia just pulled down from above?" Lu Jingguang squatted on the ground and chatted with Xia Yuan, "Is there any way to crack the Japanese army's firepower?" ”

"Yes!" Xia Yuan nodded: "Don't hide it from Brother Lu, we fought the Japanese army in the Lin family's house, and the reinforcements of the Japanese army in the Lin family's house were destroyed, and captured a grenadier and ten shells, which could not be used to deal with the Japanese devils' firepower points, plus I stared at the Japanese devils' firepower points, their machine guns couldn't sound." ”

"That's great!" Lu Jingguang rolled up his sleeves and squinted at the time on his watch, "It's forty-seven minutes in the morning, we won't delay time." ”

"Good!"

Lu Jingguang is very similar to Company Commander Xu, both of them are people who want to do practical things, unlike Company Commander Chen who strengthened the company, only met him once when he arrived at Qiao's house, and basically never met him on the battlefield.

Thinking that he was also a greedy person who was afraid of death, he stayed behind.

Lu Jingguang personally arrived at the front line, and for this alone, Xia Yuan admired him, which was a clear stream within the chaotic national army.

The situation of Qiao's house has long been thoroughly understood by them, Lu Jingguang, like Xia Yuan, must know everything about it before doing anything, and then start to act.

The first thing Lu Jingguang did when he arrived at the street entrance was to make a detailed observation of Qiao's house occupied by the Japanese army, and he observed it very carefully, because it was too dark, the situation of the Japanese army was not clear, and the only thing that could be observed was to observe the Japanese position with the help of the flickering artillery fire in the distance.

But the light of artillery fire is not always there.

Therefore, Lu Jingguang calmed down and observed for half an hour before putting down the binoculars and starting to arrange combat missions for the second and third platoons.

More than 70 people in the second and third platoons hid in the rubble, using raincoats as cover, while some officers and soldiers lay on the ground as a corpse.

The second platoon commander and the third platoon commander conveyed Lu Jingguang's order.

The second platoon is responsible for the left side of the street, the third platoon is responsible for the right side of the street, Lu Jingguang is carrying a submachine gun on his body, straightening the steel helmet on his head, and his eyes move slightly: "When the fight starts, Brother Xia dares to cross the street with me and level the Japanese position!" ”

"Ha, why don't you dare." Xia Yuan couldn't ask for it, Lu Jingguang was very much in line with his appetite, whether it was the tactical arrangement or the operation, the arrangement was very appropriate.

He left a squad beside him, as a reserve, and when the fight started, he would lead the reserve team to rush through the streets, rush to the position of the Japanese devils, and engage in brutal street battles with the Japanese devils.

"Brother Xia, how is this position?" Lu Jingguang and the others squatted on the second floor of the ruins, here is a dangerous building, fragmented under the bombing of the Japanese army, only half a staircase can go up to the second floor, even if they go up to the second floor, the area on the second floor is very narrow, only able to accommodate two people.

Lu Jingguang held the submachine gun and squatted beside Xia Yuan.

"It's okay, I don't have too many requirements for the location, it's full of ruins, and everywhere can be my firing position."

(End of chapter)